The Pompidou Years, 1969-1974

by Serge Berstein, Jean-Pierre Rioux, Christopher Woodall

Overview

This is the most authoritative account available of the presidency of Georges Pompidou. Pompidou consolidated the constitutional changes made by de Gaulle, to the extent that he is now regarded as the Fifth Republic's second founding father, and continued his haughty attitudes to foreign policy. He also launched a program of modernization and industrialization: under Pompidou France saw both the climax and the end of the postwar boom. Serge Berstein and Jean-Pierre Rioux analyze the politics of the period, and also give an overview of France's economy, culture and society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521580618
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/13/2000
Series:	The Cambridge History of Modern France , #9
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. The Republic of Georges Pompidou: 1. Change and continuity; 2. The 'New Society', 1969–71; 3. The government in crisis, 1971–2; 4. Endgame, 1972–4; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. France under Georges Pompidou: 5. The society of the growth rate; 6. The outbreak of prosperity; 7. A splintered culture; Conclusion to Part II.

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